REC Enviormental Grants

The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
announcesCooperative Grants Programme- Supporting NGOs Within and Beyond CEE borders
Application deadline: July 12, 2002( for concept papers)

NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent
States (NIS) are invited to apply. The maximum grant amount per project is
EUR 35,000 and the total amount available is EUR 200,000. Only registered
non-governmental organizations from CE (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia), SEE (Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Romania and Yugoslavia)
and NIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldavia, Russia and
Ukraine) whose work focuses primarily on the environment, are eligible to
apply. NGOs must propose a project that includes cooperation with an NGO
partner in at least one other eligible country. The project may be no
longer than 15 months in duration. Proposals that include Danish NGOs or
an NGO(s) from a country outside the lead NGO's sub-region (CE, SEE or
NIS) will be favoured. Cooperation with local and regional authorities as
well as with the business sector is also encouraged and will be regarded
favourably during the grant awarding. Danish NGOs showing interest in
working in the region are eligible for funding through Small Grants
Facility Programme run by the Danish Outdoor Council. A start-up grant of
up to EUR 1,500 will be offered by the REC to NGOs in order to help them
meet the partners and prepare a full application. In addition, the REC
will assist the NGOs in preparing the full proposal by providing
training/assistance to the NGOs during the project preparation meeting.
Full project proposals will be submitted by October 21, 2002.
More information:
http://www.rec.org/REC/Programs/NGO_Support/Grants/CoopGrants.PDFEntela Pinguli , [email protected]
(36-26) 504-065